Browsing by Subject "Nuclear Forensics"
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(2020-09-09)Several forensic analyses have been performed on irradiated UO2 and weapons usable Pu to discriminate their origin and history. The discrimination techniques applied here may be used to aid intelligence officials in the ...
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(2012-11-20)Pre-detonation technical nuclear forensics techniques for research reactor spent fuel were developed in a collaborative project with Savannah River National Lab ratory. An inverse analysis method was employed to reconstruct ...
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(2015-12-16)A terrorist attack using an improvised nuclear device is one of the most serious dangers facing the United States. The work presented here is an effort to improve nuclear deterrence by developing a methodology to attribute ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2005-08-29)In the event that a radiological dispersal device (RDD) is detonated in the U.S. or near U.S. interests overseas, it will be crucial that the actors involved in the event can be identified quickly. If irradiated nuclear ...
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(2016-01-22)Nuclear signatures, whether for forensics or safeguards applications, utilize two broad classes: comparative and predictive. While comparative methods analyze a sample against a database of previously measured samples, ...